Fastening for electrical conductors.



RUDOLPH H. KLAUDEB, F PHILADELPHIA, ENNSYLVANIA.

FASTENING FOR ELECTRICAL C ONDUCTORS.

Specicatlon of Letters Patent. 1531361113311 Aug, 29, 1911,

Application tiled December 15,1910. 'i Serial No. 697,545.

To all whom fit may concern:

lic it known that I, RUDOLPH H. KLA-Unna,

a citizen of the United States, residing at` Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, Statel of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertainnew and useful Improvements in Fast'enings for Electrical Conductors, of which the following is a specification.

The principal objects of the present invention are toprovide'a fastenin f which shall hold an electric Wire, or, con uctor firmly and securely/.and in su h manner that ro er electrical contact is in ured between t e asvtenin'g and the wire br conductor), to pro vide such a fastenin ,which will accommodate Wires or, condu ytors o diierent sizes; and to provide a fastening' which shall be of simple constru tion yet durable and eiiicicnt in its engagement with t-be wire or conductor.

4The invention will be claimed at the end lui-.reci but will lie `first describedl in connection with the accompanying drawings in giu-'e l, is a perspective View of a f as, lening embodying features of the invent-ion ning in connection therewith' a wire or mnajluctor. Figs. 2 and 3, are similar vlews showing the fastening Without the vvire or conductor andillustrating the parts 1n d1fferont positions, andlig. 4, is a side vlew o? the fastening embodying features of the inventiefand ada ted for` holding wires or 'conductors of di larent diameters.

In the drawings 1` is a shank consisting of two plates or metal ribbons 3 and 4, super.- poscd upon and in facial contact with each other.

it, isau, opening for attaching means, such as 5,' and it s formed by malnng a hole in tho shank.

The inuer'end of the plate 3, is shorter than the inner end of the plate 4, and the n" and o'li the plate 3, is arranged in, a a curve to' form a wire holding abut- .lfhe inner end Ofjhe'plate 4, is pnralively long and its body part is ard in the 'torni of a spring loop 7. The (-5, ot the. plato 4, 'is curved to form a The holding jaw 8, is nor. ma! u drawn into contact with the abutment il', by the spring or resiliency of the ,loop 7. The Working parts o i: the jaw and :d mimont which coi'ipcrateLwi-th each other and hold the Wire or contact croco-extensive with' the* plates so that good electrical con-` tact over a extended surface is insured.

By curving the abutment and -jaw on generally helicallines, as in Fig. 4, theyfare adapted to copera-te with Wires or con-,l Vductors of different. sizes.- The plates Band 4, may be separate or they may be made by flgnga single plate or ribbon as is shown a In use the Wire or conductor 10, is held between the jaw and abutment in such a Way -that they have contact therewith throughout thelr entire surfaces in the direction of their widths and the spring or resilience of the loop 7, serves to insure good electrical contact. The fastening may be used, if desired, as a terminal or, if prop'-A erly insulated, as a support. The -fact that the plates are arranged in' facial contact.

to form a shank provides for'convgenience xnapplying the fastening and also imparts strength to it and insures a relatively rm abutment and an exceedingly resilient or springt7 jaw. ,l

What I claim is:

1. A fastening for electrical conductors comprising a shank consisting of two plates arranged A1n facial Contact with each other and the inner end of one plate being comparatively short and arranged in a'single curve to form-a wire holding abutment co; extensive with the face of the plate and the inner end of the other plate being com-4 paratively long and having' its body part anrauoed to forma spring loop and its 'end curved to form a holding jaw co-extcnsivc with the face 'of the plate and normally drawn into engagement with thc abutment by the Spring or resiliency of the loop, substantially s described. i i

2. A fastening for electrical conductors comprising a shank consisting ot a metallic ribbon doubled on itself to provide two plates arranged in facial contact withy cach other and the inner und of one plato hcing comparatively short `and arranged iu a single curve to forni a wi re holding ahutriicut and. thc inner ond o'l" the other philihoing comparatively long and having ils inter: mediate part arranged to form a spring loop and its' end curvcd'lo form n holding ]aw,

substantially as described.

8. A ,fastening for electrical conductm--s comprising a sliziiiltconsisting ol'I two platos arranged in' facial contact with cach other andperforatcd to 4provide au attaching means opening and thoyinncr cud of, one

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plate being com uratively short vand `er ranged in e sing e curve to form `an abutparetively shortnand'prranged in a elical cu'rv'e" and the inner end of the other plate being comparatively long and having its 'body'part arranged to form u spring loop and its end-arrln ed in e. helical curve to vform holding )awsubstanta.lly as described.

In testimony whereof I have 'hereunto signed my name.

RUD. H. KLAUDER.

Witnesses:

. -f HARVEY R. SNYDEB, J. R. SNYDER. 

